ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INSESSORIAL
From New Latin Insessōrēs birds that perch, from Latin: perchers, from insidēre to sit upon, from sedēre to sit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSESSORIAL»
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... of strength which shows that it recedes farthest from the typical character of the
order, and brings it into close approximation with Caprimulgus, an Insessorial
genus, strikingly resembling it in' manners, flight, and numerous other particulars.
James de Carle Sowerby, 1826
62, 510 O1-yurus, a genus of Insessorial Birds 354 Pachycephaln, a genus of
Inseasorial Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 fusca, type of the genus 174 Pachymya,
a new genus of fossil shells . l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Pachystoma, a new genus
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On the Natural History and Classification of Birds
... or representative, of the insessorial order. The Dentirostres and the Raptores
have the strongest-toothed bills, a necessary consequence of both being the
most rapacious birds in their respective groups; and every one knows that the
shrikes ...
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
The only domestic Insessorial bird is the Canary-bird ; and it remains to be shewn
that this also is not descended from a tame stock possessed by the ancient
Guanche inhabitants of the Canary islands. With the exception of the Canary-bird
, ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1861
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Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems ...
'On the True Method of Discovering the Natural System in Zoology and Botany.'
Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 184-94. - 1844. 'Description of a Chart
of the Natural Affinities of the Insessorial Order of Birds.' Report of the Thirteenth ...
Brian Scott Baigrie, 1996
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Sixth Meeting ; Held At Bristol In August 1836: 5
Most of the North American species of this, which is the typical tribe of insessorial
birds, belong to the fringillidcc, one of the aberrant families. The two normal
families also include a tolerable number of species, but the two remaining
aberrant ...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
Nyctiornis. (Sw.) Bill considerably curved, very long ; the culmen with a parallel
groove on each side. Wings rounded, convex. Plumage lax. Feet short,
insessorial, resembling those of Prionites. (Sw.) Example, Nyctiornis amictus.
Description.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1839
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Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence ...
N. A. Vigors, Esq., in the Chair. Lieut. Colonel Sykes, having brought before the
Committee at previous meetings various Birds of the Raptorial and Insessorial
Orders, collected by him during his residence in Dukhun, completed on the
present ...
Zoological Society (London) Committee of Science and Correspondence, 1832
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Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the ...
Most of the North American species of this, which is the typical tribe of insessorial
birds, belong to the fringillidar, one of the aberrant families. The two normal
families also include a tolerable number of species, but the two remaining
aberrant ...
British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1837
Swm'rort, G. The Dugong, ii. .. ,_ SYED AHMED, The Tenets of, i. . . , , _ _ SYKES,
W. H. Catalogue of Birds of the insessorial order, in the Dukhun, iii. .. . . . . .._-------
- Catalogue of Birds of the Raptorial and Insessorial Orders (systematically ...
Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India), Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1856
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Pleasanton teen's run undone by a bad spell / Tie for second gets …
... eighth round of the competition after spelling words such as "Thyestean, " "plangent," "lederhosen," "insessorial," "jalousie" and "enthymeme. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jun 05»
Spelling Bee winner is an A student in California
Evan O'Dorney, of Walnut Creek, Calif., who spelled the words, "insessorial," meaning perching or adapted for perching, and "jalousie," a blind ... «SitNews, Jun 05»
